Winona; or, The Foster-SistersBroadview Press, 2006 M10 16 - 334 páginas The prize-winning entry in a national competition for distinctively Canadian fiction, Winona was serialized in a Montreal story paper in 1873. The novel focuses on the lives of two foster-sisters raised in the northern Ontario wilderness: Androsia Howard, daughter of a retired military officer, and Winona, the daughter of a Huron chief. As the story begins, both have come under the sway of the mysterious and powerful Andrew Farmer, who has proposed to Androsia while secretly pursuing Winona. With the arrival of Archie Frazer, the son of an old military friend, there is a violent crisis, and the scene shifts southward as Archie takes the foster-sisters via Toronto to his family’s estate in the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River. Farmer follows, and the narrative moves towards a sensational climax. The critical introduction and appendices to this edition place Winona in the contexts of Crawford’s career, the contemporary market for serialized fiction, the sensation novel of the 1860s, nineteenth-century representations of women and North American indigenous peoples, and the emergence of Canadian literary nationalism in the era following Confederation. |
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... hair , which she did in the same style as Empress Eugenie of France- rolled back from the face . Mother doesn't think she [ had ] written anything up to that time but spoke of writing a book which she was going to call " Lavender & Old ...
... hair lay in a black mass at her feet . She lifted it , and without a change of counte- nance , tore a strip from the crêpe veil attached to the hat she carried , and tying it round the heavy raven tresses laid them on the white quilt ...
... hair rippled back in large soft waves , and , caught in a silky mass behind , fell in great loose curls on her lovely shoulders " ( 130 ) . On the other hand , it recalls Winona's appearance at the Harty farmhouse with Hawk - eye's ...
... hair . You ain't got as much owl ; ra's you let Sal be You've no call to get your back up , Billy , You're not the first man on yourth as has meant to get married , eh , Cap By no means , " replied the young man laughing , and as I and ...
... hair . " You ain't got as much sense as an owl ; can't you let Sal be ? " " You've no call to get your back up , Billy . You're not the first man on yearth as has meant to get married , eh , Cap ? " " By no means , " replied the young ...